Care about privacy? You may be a terrorist.

[Linflas]

If you’ve ever cared about privacy while using the Internet in public, you might be a terrorist. At least that’s the message from the FBI and Justice Department’s Communities Against Terrorism initiative. The project created flyers to help employees at several types of businesses—including military surplus stores, financial institutions, and even tattoo shops—recognize “warning signs” of terrorism or extremism. An admirable goal, perhaps, but the execution is flawed—particularly for the flyers intended to help suss out terrorists using Internet cafes.

The Wrong Way To Monitor Internet Cafes for Terrorists

Kind of interesting that the flyers are not available to the general public, they require registration in the program to obtain evidently. Among the things we should be on guard for according to Mr Holder's Justice Department are:

the use of “anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address” as a sign that a person could be engaged in or supporting terrorist activity. The use of encryption is also listed as a suspicious activity along with steganography, the practice of using “software to hide encrypted data in digital photos” or other media. In fact, the flyer recommends that anyone “overly concerned about privacy” or attempting to “shield the screen from view of others” should be considered suspicious and potentially engaged in terrorist activities.

Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist

Amazing stuff.

 

[MotF Bane]

Why do i want small government? Because big govt does crap like this.

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[airdata]

NDAA + SOPA = downloading copyright products = you're a terrorist.

 

[MotF Bane]

NDAA + SOPA = downloading copyright products = you're a terrorist.

= jail forever

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[irishScott]

= jail forever

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And indefinite military arrest, thanks to our current crop of "leaders".

 

[BoberFett]

In fact, the flyer recommends that anyone “overly concerned about privacy” or attempting to “shield the screen from view of others” should be considered suspicious and potentially engaged in terrorist activities.

Damn, HIPAA made everyone a terrorist. Ever been to a doctor and been concerned about medical record privacy? You just might be a terrorist.

 

[Vic Vega]

Why do i want small government? Because big govt does crap like this.

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Agreed.